GNU bug report logs - #6227
Color isearch regexp submatches differently

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 11:13:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Lennart Borgman'" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6227 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6227: Color isearch regexp submatches differently
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 08:02:53 -0700

> > Yes, exactly.
> 
> IMO, this can be very helpful when searching with regexps.
> And it can help users learn about using regexps more generally.
> 
> Of course, such highlighting should be optional, and 
> preferably via a toggle
> during Isearch.

Need I add that this need not be shown for all search hits simultaneously
(costly and distracting to the user, in general). Just the current hit is
sufficient (what is shown now using face `isearch', not `lazy-highlight').
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